The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-22
Mother and Daughter Afflicted.
The Formers Face Presents a,
Fearful Spectacle.
Her Skin is Contracted and Scanned
with Wrinkles.
Both Unfortunates of Respectable
Address and Appearance.
They Reside In Brazil and We're En-
Route Home When Put OF the
Vessel at Newport News
A Sad Story.

PnuApGtruN, Pa, Nov. 1.-The two
! lcpcrs mother and daughter, about whom
! there has been ~ much comment during
| the past two weeks came into the office of
the board ol health saturday, oi their own
accord, and were sent out 20 the munich
pal hospital ior contagious diseases in the
hospital ambulance. when the uniollu-
nate woman raised her veil her lace pre-.
scntcd u dreadful appearance. II looked
as though Il had been scallcd. The skin
was drawn and contracted aud scanned with
wrinkles. Tho hands and arms, which
she displayed, wcrc covered with shiny
skin, which was also cracked and scanned.
The little girl, who Is only about twelve
years old, did not seem TO bc ~ bad as the
mother although her face showed plainly
that she was suffering from some skin dis
case. Both mother and daughter wcre
neatly dressed, and the former seemed to
fully rcalilr the position she was in.
The woman said that her name was lsa.
bella Mimndc, She declined to give any
definite information uhoul her family. The
poor woman, however, told her STORY In a
general way. and her voice chokcd some
times by soils and tears flowing from
| her ewes. She l. native ui This c,uniry,
and. about twenty wears ago, married
native ul Brazil. They lived hcp for ten
ycan,. aud then went 10 lirlyil. taking the
two children they then had with them.
| since that time they have lived In that
/ al -.
other children we've horn 90 them. The
Woman's husband. who died several Years
ago, WAS captain un q boat that plird up
and down ihc Amazon. aud the woman
says that Whatever iht nature 80 the dis-
ease n with which herself aud ,uughicr
arr afflicted, -hc is positive IL Is the effect
ui poison.
lhnui lour years agu they both ate oi
brazilian plant which r. very poisonous.
! In that country they have uuu, which
| much rt-rul1Csa potato. but the effects
"i which un thC humrn sy,tvm nrr deadly.
| ono ui these roots was runkpl N mistake,
and ihc women Gul lpr children pgriopk
| Of pOu'pn nf tie 1iti hrfpn, the orfpr
! was discovered. They nhcruarl br,ama
sick. The d'Scn-e SEEMED 10 fHkrn deeper
aud deeper hull until finally they were
Wdur"d 2" such strait. iha, }; sss ilgtgs.
mined a. arnd them both a. ihi, country
lor medical treatment. They have ul6.
iiNrs in this city, anl ,o them they came
about two yclrs ago. and there they hayc
resided cvvr sinrr.
Mrs Mimndc H,s that she haa been un.
der the care of d. Van Arlingrn. bni was
never told the oNucl nature at her dscasr.
She does not know positively just what "
b. llur condition, aul that ul her child,
she stated, hns much improved since they
| haNc hccn in Philadelphia uui ulnui thpr
weeks 1gp she determined iu ptum to her
! humo iu the city oi lau. She has two
| ruWu up children there. one pf whom II
n young woman who j. married. while tha
uillcr BY o. boy ut nineteen, Who is learning
| iu bv % pilot Her Youngest child. about
! iiy" Nrurs u.d. b also them. All thrsr lrs
! perfectly healthy, and have never dis-
played uny symptoms pl iht ii-,Isr Mn.
Mimuic lrit the ,iiy lui went ta New
Work Nhrfr she i0lk plssust' un 4 Steamer
lnr lugil. but be- dll not know the name
ui the Nrsol. SrHwrly had they gut vel
ont at frI, When the ships physician
found ont what wis the matter
With the tWu passengers, and tie
captain determined ~ land thrm AZ the
tint opportunity. The ycsscl pat in 10
Newport News. 1ni the sDu'ly afflicted
WOMAN IuN Ifl NiNr ElU MrN Obliged To-
dlscmhatk. hrIng told that under the cir.
rumtanc,~ ii would bo impossible 20 put
thrm ASHORE in q Guyilihn port. She de
tpuuinnd a. come lJck loihIs ,iiy. aud ar.
nycd at l,rIai durt station Yesterday
morning. llOlr-hrpkpu ai not hring pof-
miilcd Ia gn back o. her homo. hllud With
misu,.nv, that she would not SEQ her
other children any muc. aud knowing that
she hld disease, whatever u WIS, which
would clusc nll Ia shun her. she concluded
not io ~ back b. her friends. bat 10 let tho
health authorities attend a. her case. Tho
fact tliui lopcr had hUon la this city was
made known a. The board oi health on
November ! although thDy had probably
lcii nt thIi time. nr lonl, Who was then
seen giyc it as hs opinion that lcprosy
was not contagious unless n icuon came
intp actual contact with the sufferer or
handled the clothing. In his report Of the
cnps a. the county medical society, DR..
Van Ar'inru slyE "lrprsy i indeed
contagious in my belief and Ia that OF y
majority ol Observers, but contagious Ia
slow aud uncertain manner"